Banning ritual's Pillars
The problem with the Banning ritual, is that those who can be a danger ar the most difficult to restraint; since they have both power and a strong, selfish temper.
According to the legend, that ritual wasn't used in the past, when the leaders of magical families and organizations would prefer to execute the dangerous wizard. Currently, there are not many people that requires that treatment, because their abilities are easily Erased or muted.
The only known application of the Banning ritual is quite recent. When Margareth decided to leave the community after her Farewell, they determined that the other methods would be incomplete, they needed to stop her from practicing any kind of magic.
Giving her strong link with magic, there wasn't a person who could be considered her superior in every aspect, therefore, the task was in the hands of more than one person. All of them know her and four of them have a lot of experience in a particular area of magic, while the fifth is the only person who is as close to magic as she is.
With her brother as the core of the ritual, providing most of the energy to keep her link to magic dormant, the others contribute with their experience to keep the ritual working even when she is way more experienced than Fred.
Originally there was only four of them in the group, but they couldn't bind her in the most common of abilities, and they called a fifth person to help, one who did it reluctantly.
While their participation was specific to certain magical areas during the ritual, they claim that they can feel the pull whenever she tries any kind of spell, even if it's not the one they must contain. That is normal, because Magic is a single entity; and it means that they all have to continue to put effort to keep the ban working.
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